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McKENDREE  COLLEGE, 


LEBANON,  ILLINOIS. 


J)ublf»t)rt>  f»  Secembtr,  1867,  Efgtiteent!)  ¥ear  of  tlie  Socfetj. 


VIA   SAPIENTI^E. 


JOURNAL  OKKICK,  LEBAXON,  ILL. 
1867. 


CA.RT) 


In  presenting  this  Catalogue  to  the  members  and 
friends  of  the  Platonian  Literary  Society,  we  desire 
to  state  that  we  have  spared  no  pains  to  make  it  as 
complete  and  accurate  as  the  circumstances  would 
permit.  No  doubt  errors  have  been  committed  in 
placing  the  names  and  residences  of  some  of  the  older 
members;  and  this  was  unavoidable,  as  our  knowl- 
edge of  many  of  them  is  very  limited,  and  we  have 
no  means  of  obtaining  the  requisite  information  to 
insure  absolute  correctness  in  every  instance.  We 
hope,  however,"^,  that  the  peculiar  difficulties  with 
which  the  preparation  of  such  a  work  is  necessarily 
attended,  will  be  a  sufficient  apology  for  whatever 
imperfections  it  ?nay  contain. 

HENRY  SEITER, 
WARREN  TRUITT, 
SAMUEL  YOUNG, 

Committee  of  Pt'bUca/ion. 


FOUNDERS  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

NAMES.  HE8IDEITGJES. 

DAVID  W.  BRYANT, WATERLOO. 

GEORGE  W.  CALDWELL,  M.  A.,  M.  D.,.. FRANKLIN. 

THOMAS  S.  CASEY,  M.  A., MT.  VERNON. 

WILLIAM   CHANCE,* WATERLOO. 

JOSEPH  W.  DRURY,    B.  S., WATERLOO. 

HENRY  C.  FIKE,  M.  A., MASCOUTAH. 

ISAAC  B.  JACK* NASHVILLE. 

CHARLES  W.  JEROME,  M.  A SHELBYVILLE. 

MICHAEL  MUMMERT,* WATERLOO. 

JAMES  H.   RIGGIN,  B.  S., LEBANON. 

WILLIAM   SCHWARTZ, DUQUOIN. 

THOMAS  O.  SPRINGER,  B.  S EDWARDSVILLE. 

WILLIAM  T.  SPRINGER, EDWARDSVILLE. 

WILLIAM   K.  THOMAS, BELLEVILLE. 

ALONZO    THOMPSON,  M.  A., HIGH  PRAIRII. 

ALEX.  VAN   WINKLE,  B.  S.,.  ...FRANKLIN. 


HONORARY   MEMBERS. 


EEV.  E.  WENTWORTH,  M.  A.,  D.  D.,  Missionary  to  China. 

KEY.  A.  W.  CUMMINGS,   M.  A.,   D.   D.,  President  Holston  Conference 

Female  College,  N.  C. 
REV.  S.  MATTISON,  M.  A. 

REV.  W.  GOODFELLOW,  M.  A.,  Missionary  to  South  America. 
REV.  A.  J.  CRANDALL,  A.  M.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
HON.  A.  C.  FRENCH,*  L.  L.  D., 
HON.  JAMES  SHIELDS,  TJ.  S.  Senator,  Minnesota. 
S.  M.  BOWMAN,  ESQ.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
HON.  W.  H.  BISSELL,*  L.  L.  D.,  Ex-Governor  of  Illinois. 
HON.  Z.  CASEY,  Ex-Lieut.  Governor  of  Illinois. 

H.  H.  HORNER,  A.  M.,  L.  L.  D.,  Lecturer  on  Law,  McKendree  College. 
REV.  P.  CARTWRIGHT,  D.  D.  Illinois  Conference. 
REV.  P.  AKERS,  D.  D.,  Red  Wing,  Minn. 
REV.  WILLIAM  CLIFFE,  Southern  Illinois  Conference. 
REV.  J.  C.  FINLEY,  M.  A.,  D.  D. 
GEN.  JOHN  WHITESIDE,*  Columbia. 
RKV.  N.  SCARRITT,  M.  A.,  Missouri  Conference. 
COL.  J.  F.  JACQUES,  M.  A. 
REV.  JAMES  LEATON,  M.  A.,  Illinois  Conference. 
COL.  S.  H.  MUDGE,  Marine,  Illinois. 
COL.  C.  C.  ROGERS,  Lexington,  Ky. 

REV.  R.  Z.  MASON,  M.  A.,  Prof.  Mathematics,  Lawrence  University. 
PROF.  EDWARD  WYMAN,  M.  A.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
A.  B.  MOREAN,  ESQ.,  Jerseyville,  111. 
HON.  JOSEPH  GILLESPIE,  Edwardsville,  111. 
HON.  ANDREW  MILLER,  Litchfield. 
OR  AN  FAVILL,  M.  A.,  Ex-Lieut.  Governor  la. 
A.  H.  KICHELL,  ESQ.,  Olney. 

REV.  N.  E.  COBLEIGH,  M.  A.,  Ex-Pres.  McKendree  College. 
R.  F.  CUNNINGHAM,  M.  A.,  M.  D.,  Lebanon, 


PLATONIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY, 


KKV.  I).  R.  MCANALLY,  M.  A.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

HON.  JEHU  BAKER,  Belleville. 

KEY.  ROBERT  A.  YOUNG,  M.  A.,  St.  Louis. 

REV.  J.  B.  TURNER,  M.  A.,  Jacksonville. 

REV.  C.  B.  PARSONS,  D.  D.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

REV.  T.  H.  MUDGE,  M.  A.,  Missouri  Conference. 

PROF.  S.  W.  WILLIAMS,  M.  A.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

REV.  F.  O.  BLAIR,  M.  A.,  Prof.  Natural  Science,   McKendree  College. 

A.  A.  SCOTT,  M.  A.,  Prof.  Ancient  Languages  and  Classical  Literature, 
McKendree  College. 

RKV.  E.  G.  TAYLOR,  Boston. 

B.  H.  GREEN,  Boston. 
REV.  J.  E.  BARY,  Boston. 

REV.  C.  KINGSLEY,  D.  D.,  Ed.  West.  Christian  Advocate,  Cincinnati,  0. 
R.  M.  MOORE,  M.  A.,  Late  Prof.  Mathematics,  McKendree  College. 
REV.  0.  V.  JONES,  M.  A.,  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Astronomy  and 

English  Literature. 

S.  H.  DENEEN,  Professor  of  the  Latin  Language  and  History. 
HON.  P.  B.  FOUKE,  L.  L.  D. 

ROBERT  ALLYN,  A.  M.,  D.  D.,  President  McKendree  College. 
W.  F.  SWAHLEN,  Adjunct  Prof,  of  the  Greek  Language  and  Gorman. 


ACTUAL  MEMBERS. 


NAMES  RESIDENCES. 

1849. 

B.  F.  BOOKER, GREENFIELD. 

V.  BRIEGEL, „.  WATERLOO. 

D.  W.  BRYANT, WATERLOO. 

G.  W.  CALDWELL,  M.  A.,  M.  D ZANESVILLE. 

T.  S.  CASEY,  M.  A., MT.  VERNON. 

A.  T.   CASAD,* HEBRON. 

WM.  CHANCE,* WATERLOO. 

W.  H.  CTJMMINGS, LITCHFIELD. 

J.  M.  DAY, ALTON. 

J.  W.  DRUEY,  B.  S., WATERLOO. 

H.  C.  FIKE,  M.  A., MASCOTJTAH. 

J.  J.  FLACK, STEEL'S  MILLS. 

W.  M.  GOODNER, Moscow,  TENN. 

J.  H.  HALLOAVAY,  REY BEARDSTOWN. 

J.  B.  JACK,* NASHVILLE, 

C.  W.  JEROME,  M.  A., SHELBYVILLE, 

M,  MUMMERT,* WATERLOO. 

D.  R.  POSEY, ALEXANDRIA,  PA. 

J.  H.  RIGGIN,  B.  S., LEBANON. 

W.  SCHWARTZ, DTJQTJOIN. 

T.  O.  SPRINGER,  B.  S., EDWARDSVILLE. 

W.  F.  SPRINGER, EDWARDSVILLK. 

P.  SULLENS, JENTON,  Mo. 

W.  K.  THOMAS CALIFORNIA. 

A.  THOMPSON,  M.  A., HIGH  PRAIRIK. 

H.  J.  VAN  WINKLE, FRANKLIN. 

A.  VAN  WINKLE, FRANKLIN. 

I860. 

R.  M.  BELL, SHELBYVILLE. 

J.  R.  BLAKEMAN, MARINE. 

P.  B.  BOULWARE, FRANKLIN. 

J.  M.  R.  CASEY,  M.  D., JOLIET. 

J.  K.  CHAMBERLIN,  REV.. STEWARTSVILLB,  Mo. 

J.  G.  COPELIN, KEOKUK,  IOWA. 

A.  EBBERMANN BELLEVILLE. 

J.  W.  EDWARDS, Mr.  VERNON. 

W.   M.  ENNIS,  JACKSONVILLE. 


PLATOMAN  LITERARY   SOCIETY. 


NAMES.  RESIDENCES. 


A.  O.  GATES,* POCAHONTAS. 

W.  C.  GILLHAM,* WINCHESTER. 

J.  R.  GORDON, CALIFORNIA. 

J.  A.  HALDERMAN, LEAVENWORTH,  K.  T. 

S.  T.   HULL, AVISTON. 

G.  LEMEN,*  BELLEVILLE. 

J.  H.  LUTES, DEER  PLAINS. 

S.  M.  MARTIN,  B.   S CANTON,  Mo. 

A.  MAYFIELD, FRANKLIN. 

R.  MAYFIELD, FRANKLIN. 

j.  j.  MCDOWELL,  M.  D ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

W.  H.  McKEE, BELLEVILLE. 

M.  T.  McNEIL, LAFAYETTE,  KY. 

H.  W.  McPHERSON, CLINTON. 

W.  T.  MILLER,  M.  D BLOOMINGTON. 

J.  MOORE, BRIGHTON. 

J.  L.  PERRYMAN,  M.  D BELLEVILLE. 

W.  T.  POWER, CARLYLE. 

A.  T.  PRIMM, CENTREVILLE. 

L.  W.  RANDOLPH,* MT.  PULASKI. 

J.  I.  RINAKER,  B.  S CARLINVILLE. 

J.  RYAN, DELAWARE. 

W.  G.  SCARRITT,  GILLESPIE. 

E.  SCHWARTZ, DUQUOIN. 

A.  C.  SHAW, DEER  PLAINS. 

G.  D.    SIDWAY, , ALTON. 

H.  STEWART, PORTLAND,  OREGON. 

A.  N.   WILLS,  MIDDLETOWN,  KY. 

T.  M.  WILLIAMS, MUSCATINE,  IOWA. 

J.  K.    WILLIAMS, MUSCATINE,  IOWA. 

W.  H.  WILLIAMS,.., MTISCATINB,  IOWA. 

1851. 

S.  L.  ANDERSON, BERNADOTTE. 

S.  B.  ANDRUS BERNADOTTE. 

J.  W.    BOULWARE, FRANKLIN. 

J.  P.  BUREN, ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

J.  Y.  BUREN, HILLSBOKOUGH,  Mo. 

C.  C.  BURROUGHS,  B.  S DECATUR. 

S.  T.  BALLARD,  REV EDWARDSVILLK. 

W.  0.  BRISSENDEN ALBION. 

J.  T.  COOPER, ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

J.  M.  CREEL, CARLYLE. 

J.  T.  DAVIS,  REV.,. HiLLsroRO,  Mo. 


CATALOGUE  OF  THK 


NAM  KM.  RESIDENCES. 


T.  J.  CALDWELL,  M.  A JACKSONVILLE, 

D.  B.  CASEY, CASEYVILLE. 

J.  A.  CLAYTON, FENTON,  Mo. 

M.  COULTER, ELKTON. 

M.  C.  CRAWFORD,  L.  L.  B., BENTON. 

B.  R.  DENNIS, GREENFIELD. 

S.  DUGGER, CARLINVILLK. 

W.  A.  GILLHAM WINCHESTER. 

J.  B.  GOODNER. CKNTREVILLE. 

C.  HILL,  M.  D PINE  ISLAND,  Mix. 

U.  KEATH, MARCELLINE. 

W.  A.  J.  LONGW1TH, FENTON,  Mo. 

J.  W.  MARTIN ALTON. 

M.  J.  MILLER,  A.  B SALISBURY,  N.  C. 

W.  P.  OLDEN BRIGHTON. 

W.  ORR, BELLEVILLK. 

G.  C.  PATTERSON, BELLEVILLK. 

D.  H.  PORTER,  B.  S LEBANON. 

S.  PYLE, DUQTJOIN. 

J.  RIGGIN, MARINE. 

H.  S.  SHAW,  REV.,  MT.  CARMKI.. 

W.  C.  STITES, ILLINOIHTOWN. 

T.  H.  SIMMONS, PIASA. 

J.  W.  SULLENS FENTON,  Mo. 

J.  SWEENEY, ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

P.  S.  TARTER BERNADOTTK. 

G.  W.  H.  WADE LIMA. 

A.  WHITING, UNION  GROVE. 

E.  D.  WILKIN,  A.  B.. MARSHALL. 

C.  S.  WILLIAMS, FAIRFIKLD. 

G.  W.  WOODS, FRANKLIN. 

1862- 

L.  BUCHANAN,* LAWHENCEVILLE. 

E.  W.  COLEMAN,. BELLEVILLE. 

J.  T.  CUMMINGS,* HARDINSBUROH. 

C.  FOUKE, BELLEVILLE. 

T.  F.  HALL,  MURPHYSBORO. 

C.  HOLLIDAY, ALTON. 

W.  R.  HOUCK, WOODBURN. 

A.  M.  JEROME, CHICAGO. 

P.  SPRUANCE, ALTON. 

II.    W.  BA1RD,* PERRY. 

J.    W.    BELL, LlTCHFIELD. 


PLATOXIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY. 


RB8TDENCE8-. 


G.  W.   GRIFFIN, FAYETTEVILLE. 

8.  T.  HARRIS, LOCUST  GROVE. 

D.  J.  HAYDEN, POCAHONTAS. 

W.  F.  HUNTLEY, WAVERLY. 

D.  S.  KENNEDY,*  A.  B., NASHVILLE. 

J.  A.  KBYTE, BRUNSWICK,  Mo. 

J.  H.  MATTHEWS,  A.  B., GRIGGSVILLE. 

J.  MERRIAN, ARMINGTON. 

M.   P.  MILLER, LITCHFIELD. 

WM.  MAY CLAIRMOUNT. 

W.  C.  MILLER, LAWRENCEVILLE. 

E.  W.  MILLS, SPRINGFIELD. 

R.  H.  PETER, BRIGHTON. 

J.    A.    PEEPLES, SUMMERFIELD. 

J.  PALMER, ARMINGTON. 

J.  N.  PRICKETT MT.  KINGSTON. 

E.  PULLIAM, LOCUST  GROVE. 

J.  T.  PIRTLE WATERLOO. 

G.  RUTZ,  REV., HIGHLAND. 

L.  H.  ROGERS, WATERLOO. 

W.  P.  RANDOLPH, MT,  PULASKY. 

H.  B.  SHINN, GRIGGSVILLE. 

J.  B.  SHINN, GRIGGSVILLK. 

W.  M.  STITES, SHILOH, 

C.  T.  STANTON, ALTON. 

M..  C.  STALEY,* CARMI. 

J.  M.  SUTTON,. ORRENSVILLE. 

M.  F.  SHANNON, CENTHALIA. 

S.  F.  A.  THOMPSON,* LEBANON. 

C.  W.  WEER, CARLIXVILLB. 

J.  J.  WALL, PERRY. 

N.  F.  WOOD, WAVERLY. 

T.  J.  WOODWARD, ST.  Louis,  Mo> 

A.  H.   WHITE, CARLYLB. 

18SS 

J.  J.  ALLEN, MARINE. 

J.  ANDERSON.f MASCOUTAH. 

J.  C.  BEETLE, SUMMERFIELD. 

A.  R.  BERNETT, WAVERLY. 

J.  BEBRICK, ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

P.  L.  BRISTON, GIRARD. 

I.  V.  BAIRD, PERRY. 

A.  C.  BRANSON, VERMONT. 

S.  C.  CORRINGTON, ALTON. 


CATALOGUE  OF  THE 


NAMES.  RESIDENCES. 


A.  G.  DOYLE, MARINE. 

J.  B.  CLOUD, WAVERLY. 

W.  H.  COPP,  B.  S WATERLOO. 

P.  L.  CORMACK, CARLINVILLK. 

J.  W.  CAVELL, PERU. 

H.  DUNN,  M.  D., PERRY. 

C.  L.    DEW, SUMMERFIELD. 

J.  H.  GILLHAM EDWARDSVILLE. 

G.  GKAHAM, PHILLIPSTOWN. 

FRED.  J.  HESLOP,  M.  A., ALTON. 

D.  HUMPHREYS, SPRINGFIELD. 

W.  C.  HUGGINS, •• S.  ILL.  CONFERKN.-K. 

M.  T.  JONES, CARMI. 

J.  M.  KINMAN,* JACKSONVILLE. 

J.  W.  KUYKENDALL. CARMI. 

R.  W.  LEMEN,  BELLEVILLE. 

A.  C.  MATTHEWS,  B.  S., GRIGGSVILLE. 

J.  MORGAN,    MECHAxinsurito. 

W.  P.  MOORE, WATERLOO. 

J.  L.  METZ, CHAMBERSBURO. 

J.  McDOWELL,* DEL.  Co.,  PA. 

L.  M.  PHILLIPS,  A.  B., NASHVILLE. 

J.  S.  PADON, LEBANON. 

E.  PHILLIPS RED  BUD. 

S.  RICHARDS,* CORRAIN,  OHIO. 

D.  V.  SIMPSON,  ALBION,  N.  Y. 

J.  M.  SCOTT, SHILOH. 

J.  SHANNON, SPARTA. 

G.  S.  ST.  JOHN, CARMI. 

W.  N.  TWISS,  TRENTON. 

C.  L.  THOMPSON, LAWRENCKVILLE. 

H.  S.  THOMPSON, MECHANICSBURG. 

I.  C.  TANQUARY, CARMI. 

D.  TANQUARY, CARMI. 

G.  A.  FULTON, MARION. 

C.  F.  WANGELLN, LEBANON. 

J.  D.  WAKEFIELD. SUMMEIIFIELD. 

1854. 

J.  F.  BRADFORD, TRENTON. 

J.  R.  BRYAN,  LEBANON. 

M.  L.  BURNS, NASHVILLE. 

J.  P.  CABANNE,t ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

D.  C.  CALDWELL, FRANKLIN. 

T.  J.   CASEY, MT.  VERNON. 

J.  M.  CHAMBERLIN, LEBANON. 


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RESIDENCES. 


T.  M.  CHIVINGTON, ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

O.  W.  CLARK, BEARDSTOWN. 

D.  C.  CLOUD, JACKSONVILLE. 

J.  M.  COOKSEY, ALHAMBBA. 

J.  H.  ECKERT, LEBANON. 

THOS.  ESSEX,  A.  B ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

CHAS.   FLODNER,* BKARDSTOWN. 

H.  R.  GLENN  Y, ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

D.  W.  GREEN, JACKSONVILLE. 

J.  HOBBS, CHESTER. 

J.  M.  HOUSE RICHVIEW. 

W.  H.  HYPES, LEBANON. 

A.  M.  JENKINS, MURPHYSBORO. 

C.  P.  JOHNSON, ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

G.  W.  JOURNEY, LITTLE  YORK. 

S.  KINGSTON, COLLINSVILLE. 

J.  H.  LOCKWOOD, DECATUR. 

W.  MERRITT, WEST  POINT,  N.  Y. 

E.  B.  METZ, CHAMBERSBURO. 

A.  S.  MILLER, ALTON. 

E.  W.  MOORE,f ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

J.  N.  MORGAN, ALTON. 

L.  L.  MORGAN, EVANSVILLR,  INK. 

H.  NEVILLE, CHESTER. 

M.  D.  NICHOLSON, SHAWNEETOWN. 

C.  M.  OWEN,  REV., LONDON  CITY. 

W.    F.    PITZER, WlNTERSETT. 

J.  F.  P.  POWER, MIDDLETOWN,  MD. 

G.  W.  ROSS, WAVERLY. 

J.  G.  SCOTT, SHILOH. 

COL.  VAN  CLEVE, BELLEVILLE. 

J.  W.  VAN  CLEVE,  B.  S., ALTON. 

J.  M.  VAN  DEBEN, SPRINGFIELD. 

D.  V.  VAN  WINKLE DECATUR. 

A.  WALKER RICHVIEW. 

J.  B.  WALKER, RICHVIEW. 

JUNE  VAN  CLEVE, CENTRALIA. 

D.  L.  WHITE,* RICHVIKW. 

J.  H.  WILSON, WEST  POINT,  N.  Y. 

1855. 

S.  M.  ARGO, CLINTON. 

H.  B.  BAKER, JAMESTOWN. 

J.  S.  BOND, CARLYLE. 

H.  BELDSMEYER,t St.  Louis,  Mo. 


la  CATALOGUK   OF  THE 


RESIDENCES. 


C.  BLAKEMAN,  MARINE. 

W.  M.  BREEZE, CABLYLK. 

G.  C.  CAMPBELL, MARION. 

J.  M.  CHAMBERS. CLINTON. 

M.  CHASE, QUINCY. 

A.  CLARK, CARLYLE. 

D.  C.   CONSTANT,  SPRINGFIELIX 

J.  W.  CRAIG, LEWISVILLE. 

J.  M.  CUMMINGS, .....LiTCHKiELD. 

W.  J.  CUNNINGHAM, BRIGHTON. 

W.  L.  DILLON,  MT.  LIBKRTY. 

R.  C.  GILLHAM, EDWARDSVILLK. 

S.  8.  GILLHAM, ALTON. 

H.  GLAZE, ALBION. 

J.  HADLEY, COLLINSVILLK. 

C.  HANDSAKER,  A.  B ALTON. 

WM.  HARTZELL.  A.  B EVANSVILLK. 

M.  HICKMAN VANBALIA. 

R.  M.  JOHNSON,  , ST.  Louis. 

T.  H.  KAYANAUGH,  M.  I)., LEXINGTON,  Mo. 

A.  M.  McDOW, , GRAKTON. 

WM.  McKEE, ,..CARLYLE. 

S.  H.  MALCAM, TERRE  HAUTE,  IND. 

J.  NAVE, BENTON. 

D.  S.    OSBORNE,* LEBANON. 

S.  PETER,  f BRIGHTON. 

P.  PICKETT, CHESTER. 

J.  ROBINSON, EQUALITY. 

J.  B.  SELBY, SHELBYVILLK. 

N.  B.  SULLENS, FKNTON,  Mo. 

W..  WHITE CARLYI.K. 

J..  W.  WILKIN,....,,,, „ ROBINSON. 

185S. 

A\  A.  CHESTER: , CHESTER. 

A.  W.  EDWARDS, GILLESPIE. 

F.  EVANS, PKRU. 

F.  HOFFMASTER, ALTON. 

W.  M.  IRWIN, LEWISVILLK. 

J.  D.   JOHNSON, ST.  Louis. 

T.  MATTINGLY, CHESTER. 

J.  H.  MOBERLY, BENTON. 

W.  J.  MOORE, LEWISVILLK. 

J.  O.  PRENTICE, LEBANON. 

J.  H.  SMITH. ST.  Louis. 


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NXMKS.  KKSIDKNCKS. 


W.  SNELL. STANDS. 

F.  M.  WILLIAMSON. CHKSTKK. 

P.  J.  WILSON,  REV (JriNcv. 

M.  M.  GOODNEE.  A.  V, NASUYILLK. 

K.  H.   TOPPING, WAVKRLY. 

J.  GILL,  VANDALIA. 

K.  P.  BOYLES, SI-KINO  GAKDKN. 

E.  NIXON WATKKLOO. 

I.  J.  WHITAKER,* ALTON. 

W.  H.   HOLL1S, FRKEMANTON. 

J.  E.  VEST, MI-LUXURY  GKOVK. 

I,.  S.  CRANDALL-f MOHILK,  ALA. 

J.  S.  SCOTT, SHILOH. 

B.  F.  SMITH CKNTRALIA. 

T.  ECKERT, LKHAXON. 

M.  F.    GREGG,* MARION. 

R.  N.  ALLEN MARIO*. 

N.  A.  CHAMBER  LIN CAMPKKI.LMU  iu;n. 

T.  STOUT, VAVUAM  A. 

G.  W.   POWELL, ExTKRi'iusK. 

T.  P.  BONE. PLKA.SAXT  PLAINS. 

G.  P.   BRAHM PKTKKSIU  iu,n. 

I).  C.   TREMHKl.T..-  HI-DSOXVILLK. 

D.  B.  OWEN, LONDON. 

I).  W.  PHILLIPS, NA»HVILLK. 

.).  NEVILLE, CHKSTKR. 

I.  STANTON, EAOLK'S  CLII  K. 

J.  CREEL,  OAKLYLK. 

T.  H.  RICHARDSON SHII'MAN. 

N.  H.  SMITH RIDOLKY. 

J.  B.  GARLAND, ATTILA.. 

T.  J.  McBRIUE, RKD  Bui>. 

M.  H.   BAILHACHE. LITCHKIKLD. 

J.  C.  KINDER, VKNK  K. 

J.  M.  RADER,  O'FALI.ON. 

.).  W.  CONSTANT DAWSON. 

A.  N.  VAN  WJNKLK DA\VS.,N. 

W.    E.    THORP SuMMKRb'iKLI>. 

J.  A.   DUNNEGAN, EDWARDSVILLK. 

W.  NEDSON RKD  BUD. 

PI.  C.  BARNSBACK EDWAKDSVILI.K. 

1857- 

G.  J.  FRICK ALTON. 

J.  EARLY,f PKTKR.sm-K<,ii. 


14  CATALOGUE   OF  THE 


RESIDENCES. 


J.  J.  TURNER, URBANA. 

C.  B.  LANNING, PETKRSBURGU. 

L.  J.  VAN  WINKLE, DAVISOX. 

C.  ADAMS, GILLESPIE. 

J.  DAVIDSON, EDWARDSYILT.K. 

J.  H.  GUNN, RICHVIEW. 

W.  W.  MANSKER JONES'  CREKK. 

G.  B.  HINNMAN, GRIGGSVILLE. 

H.  L.  JUDD MARINE. 

W.  B.  SHANNON,* CATRO. 

W.  G.  WHITE, ALMA. 

J.  S.  ROARK,* LAWREXCEVILI.E. 

W.  B.  GARNER, MCLKANSBORO. 

C.  C.  CARPENTER, MCLEANSBORO. 

J.  R.  SIMMONS BRIGHT-OX. 

J.  H.  MoKEE, CARLYI.E. 

G.  W.  WILDERMAN, FREEBCJRGH. 

W.  H.  WHITAKER LEBANON. 

A.  RICKS, TALUCA. 

S.  S.  TUTTLE, TRENTOX. 

W.  P.  LINDLY, WAVERLY. 

S.  J.  VAN  WINKLE, DAWSON. 

E.  L.  DENNIS, LEAVEXWORTH. 

T.  D.  KINGSTON, COLLTXSVII.LK. 

J.    BAIRD, PlNKNEYVILLE. 

W.  DAINS, RENAULT. 

B.  A.  WOOD, ZANESVILLK. 

C.  P.  WILSON • PIASA. 

A.  H.  JUDD, MARIXE. 

W.  CASTELLO MASCOUTAH. 

B.  BUREN, FEXTON,  Mo. 

A.  P.  POWER, TRENTON. 

C.  ADANS, LEBANON. 

D.  A.  SULLENS, FENTOX,  Mo. 

J.  McBRINE, CHESTER. 

E.  HERMAN, LEBAXOX. 

A.  ADAMS, LEBANON. 

R.  HOBSON EDWARDSVILT.K. 

1858. 

G.  K.  BRADFORD, ST.  Lone,  Mo. 

C.  SULLIVAN, LEBANON. 

H.  ELLIOTT O'FALLON. 

W.  E.  DUNNAVANT, FEXTOX.  Mo. 

W.  L.  MOORE, LEBANON. 


PLATONIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY.  15 


RESIDENCES. 


A.  J.  McCULLY, MASCOUTAH. 

W.  L.  PRESTON, HOWARD'S  POINT. 

J.  E.  MARSHALL, CKNTRALIA. 

J.  BENTZ, MASCOUTAH. 

S.    A.     RISLEY, SUMMERKIELD. 

S.  E.  EISENMEYR, MASCOUTAH. 

J.  COLE, ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

J.  M.  CLARK, v  CINCINNATI,  O. 

H.  A.  YOUNG. HILLSBORO. 

A.  D.  REED, LEBANON. 

N.  E.  COBLEIGH, LEBANON. 

L.  P.  WILKERSON,  ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

A.  J.  HOWARD,  ST.  JACOBS. 

J.  W.  GREEK CONCORD,  N.  H. 

P.  T.  DEWALD, LEBANON. 

J.  JUDD, PALO  ALTO. 

J.  A.  SCUDAMORE, BELLE  PRAIRIK. 

I.  N.  GRIFFIN, MASCOUTAH. 

T.  D.  SEAWELL, NASHVILLE. 

G.  E.  VAN  DITSEN, LEBANON. 

J.  W.  CADWELL, QUINCY. 

J.  D.  THOMPSON, PRESTON. 

J.  B.  PHILLIPS, NASHVILLE. 

T.    UTLEY, SUMMERFIELD. 

A.  F.  CHASE, QUINCY. 

W.  J.  CAMERAN, RICHVIEW. 

J.  T.  DOUGLASS. EVANSVILLE. 

E.  V.  GASKINS, GREENVILLE. 

J.  H.  LOCKHART, MCLEANSBORO. 

T.  W.  KINDER, ...VENICE. 

W.  M.  CROME COLLINSVIU.K. 

J.  B.  RUSSELL, FREDONIA. 

H.  HARKLEROAD, VENICE. 

W.  A.  VANCIL,    WAVERLY. 

J.  C.  GATES, ROSCOE,  MINX. 

J.  T.  LEECH, SHAAVNEETOWN. 

J.  H.  EARP, LEBANON. 

A.  A.  LASITER,  MCLEANSBORO. 

I.  GERE, ..LEBANON. 

J.  A.  BLAIR, LEBANON. 

T.  J.  GILBERT,* SUMMERFIELD. 

R.  WANGELIN, LEBANON. 

J.  S.  LANNING,* PETERSBURG. 

OLIVER  FLICK, ALTON. 


Hi  CATALOGUE  ••;•     Ml 


NAMH.S.  KKMliKNCKS. 


J.  S.  LANNING.* t PKTERSJ$VU<J. 

OLIVER  FLICK, _  ALTON. 

W.  W.  EL1FF,  B.  S.,  L.  L.  B - ST.  JAOUKS. 

R.  M.  LOVELL, OMEGA. 

C.  A.  SPENCER.  L.  L.  B., DUQUOIN. 

C.  C.  BOGGS, FAIRKIKLO. 

J.  H.  LOWE,  B.  S SuMMERKiKi.b. 

J.  1).  NEVILLE, CHKSTKK. 

N.  P.  ROBINSON.  L.  L.  15 MARSHALL. 

ALBERT  JUDD, PALO  ALL*. 

W.  W.  LEMON,  B.  S.,  L.  L.  B.,* DUQUOIN. 

J.  KATHAN,* ST.  JACOBS. 

R.  M.  HARGRAVE, JOHNSOXVILLK. 

SAM.  L.  LVWIGHT, MT.  VJSKXUN. 

JEHU  FIELDS, LOUISVILI.J-;. 

C.  L.  MOORE, 

W.  P.  HUNTER. MAKINK. 

H.  S.  WILSON, SHAWNEKTOWX. 

1S60- 

C.  B.  DARRON, 

BOON  GRIFFIN.  B.  S.."    BELLEVILI.K. 

H.  L.  CHURCH, : RENAULT. 

W.  H.  ASHLEY, LEBANON. 

J.  W.  SPENCER, DUQUOIN. 

WM.  MARTIN,    MONTICELLO. 

L.  WEBB, ROSCOE,  MINN. 

R.  RAPIER BELLEVILLE. 

EDWIN  BAKER ST.  Louis. 

E.  M.  ARMSTRONG. WYANDOTTE,  K.VN. 

C.  A.  JEWETT. LEBANON. 

E.  WANGELIN, 

F.  B.  SCOTT, 

R.  H.  ANDERSON 

J.  H.  HYPES, 

J.  T.  GOODSON, CARROLTON,  Mo. 

T.  J.  PITNER.  B.  S ARENZVILLE. 

C.  T.  OLIVER BREMKX. 

D.  C.  CAMPBELL STEEL'S  MILLS. 

P.  L.   WILLIAMSON, UTAH  TKKIS. 

S.  R.  WILLIAMSON, ELKHORN. 

J.  F.  PRESTON, HOWARD'S  Pom-. 

J.  W.  SAILOR, FAIRFIELIX 

S.  G.   GOHEEN, URBANA,  O. 

•>AS.     COCKERELL KINMUNDY. 


PLATONIAN  LiTEKARY  SOCIETY.  17 

NAMES.  RESIDENCES. 

W.  COCKERELL, KINMUNDY. 

GEO.  R.  PRENTICE LEBANON. 

J.  A.  FIKE, HEALDSBURG,  CAL. 

T.  W.  B.  DAWSON, TROY. 

W.  M.  NELSON, RED  BUD. 

G.  W.  BAILEY, LEBANON. 

J.  N.  MILLER TAMAROA. 

W.  M.  CHRISTIAN,  L.  L.  B.,-- 

G.  W.  HUNGATE LOUISVILLE. 

A.  F.  HOIT, LEBANON. 

1861. 

F.  M.  HERMAN, LARKENSBURG. 

W.  F.  GOHEEN, LEBANON. 

W.  H.  SHEPHERD " 

J.  F.  BLACK SALEM. 

A.  BECKER, LEBANON. 

M.  NIXON, WATERLOO. 

J.  ELAM,  L.  L.  B., MULBERRY  GROVE. 

S.  SLAWSON, DUQUOIN. 

S.  R.  WHITAKER, LEBANON. 

J.  I.  THOMPSON, RICHVIEW. 

C.  H.  HOUSE ASHLEY. 

T.  T.  ELLIS, NASHVILLE. 

T.  N.  LIVESAY, RICHVIEW. 

W.  HOSKINS,.. CENTRALIA. 

B.  M.  HYPES, LEBANON. 

W.  H.  SELBY, ST.  Louis. 

18SJ3. 

W.  D.  EDWARDS, DELPHI. 

H.  A.  CASTLE,  B.  S QUINCY. 

J.  E.  ALVIS, NASHVILLK. 

E.  A.  COBLEIGH LEBANON. 

T.  ELAM, MULBERRY  GKOVK. 

M.  M.  LIVESAY RICHVIEW. 

O.  C.  LASLEY, LEBANON. 

A.  HARRIS, HARRISBURG. 

E.  B.  MEATYARD, SHIP.VIAN.  . 

B.  W.  WILLIAMS, LEBANON. 

N.  B.  WASHBORNE, WOBURN. 

J.  W.  WHITE, ASHLKY. 

W.  B.  CHALACOMBE, ALTON. 

J.  R.  CHALACOMBE " 

H.  C.  COFFEY TAMAROA. 

G.  O.  BAILEY,  B.  S LEBANON. 


18  CATALOGUE  OF  THE 


RESIDENCES. 


E.  FITZGERALD, TAMAROA. 

D.  M.  HAWTHORNE,  BLAIR. 

J.  R.  VOORHEES, JERSEYVILLB. 

P.     WEBB, SUMMERFIELD. 

WM.  H.  WALKER,  ; .  JERSEY  VILLK. 

P.  A.  McCONAUGHY, LEBANON. 

J.  McFAIN JERSEYVILLE. 

J.  A.  MEATYARD, SHIPMAN. 

M.  E.  MCLAUGHLIN BLAIR. 

W.  H.  BLACK, LEBANON 

1863. 

E.  H.  ELIFF, ST.  JACOBS. 

D.  H.  McFARLAND, STEEL'S  MILLS. 

G.  W.  PARKISON, HIGHLAND. 

J.  STURGIS, MULBERRY  GROVE. 

JOHN  T.  FOSTER, ASHLEY. 

C.  SMITH, LEBANON. 

J.  E.  STRINGER, ALTON. 

C.  W.  BONNER,  BRIDGEPORT. 

W.  P.  OLDEN,  A.  M., BRIGHTON. 

E.  A.  OLDEN 

H.  G.  EATON PLEASANT  PLAIKB. 

A.  CROUCH, BELLE  PRAIRIE. 

G.  E.  AKINS,  NASHVILLE. 

O.  A.  COBLEIGH, LEBANON. 

J.  DEW, CARLYLE. 

E.  J.  DALYRIMPLE BRIDGEPORT. 

P.   CRESSY, TULLULA. 

J.  R.  STEWART, NASHVILLE. 

W.  E.  LIOSS, MARISSA. 

R.  HUGHS, OKAW. 

W.  N.  LIONS, MARISSA. 

J.  W.  WHITE, ASHLEY. 

S.  N.  WHITE NASHVILLE. 

M.  B.  AXLEY, WATERLOO. 

D.  A.  BAKER, COLLINSVILLE. 

J.  ERWIN, LOUISVILLE. 

J.  J.  FIKE, SALEM. 

T.  RING, BRIGHTON. 

G.  LIGGETT, LEBANON. 

W.  H.  MOORE, NASHVILLE. 

W.  M.  JOHNSON, CARLYLE. 

GEO.  W.  AKINS, NASHVILL*. 


PLATONIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY.  19 


RESIDENCES. 


1864. 

C.  H.  BLOCK CHESTER. 

J.  G.  ALLYN, LEBANON. 

T.  J.  WATSON, HARDIN. 

ORLANDO  F.  QUICK, IRVINGTON. 

R  R.  GAKRETT, LEBANON. 

W.  L.  BOSWELL, TAMAROA. 

T.  W.  KEET, SPRINGFIELD,  Mo. 

D.  B.  PARKISON, HIGHLAND. 

C.  W.  BLISS FILLMORE. 

Z.  R.  REYNOLDS, CARLYLE. 

0.  A.  BARKER, ST.  Louis. 

S.  B.  HORREL, JACKSON,  Mo. 

A.  W.  WILLIAMS CAPE  GIRARDKAU. 

J.  T.  GORDON, JAMESTOWN. 

J.  B.  LOGAN, CARLINVILLE. 

W.  B.  LUCAS, VENICE. 

B.  S.  FERGUSON, JACKSON,  Mo. 

OTTO  WANGELIN, BELLEVILLE. 

W.  A.  WATERS, GLENDALE. 

J.  E.  KEET, SPRINGFIELD,  Mo. 

S.  A.  TUFFLIE CINCINNATI,   O. 

GEORGE  SLATON, GRAFTON. 

T.  J.  VAUGHAN, HECKER. 

B.  E.  WETMORE, DUQUOIN. 

J.  B.   WILSFORD, VIENNA. 

M.  S.  FULLER...... RAMSAY. 

T.  J.   BIRD, BIRD'S  POINT,  Mo. 

W.  E.  BARCO VENICK. 

H.  SMITH, ALBION. 

G.  W.  FUNCK, MASCOUTAH. 

J.  F.  STITES, SHILOH. 

W.  F.  STITES, " 

A.  G.   SCOTT, " 

J.  P.  DOREY, " 

less. 

J.  P.  CHALACOMBE, ALTON. 

H.  R.  SACKETT, MARDTB. 

A.  A.  PARKISON HIGHLAND. 

HENRY  McFATRIDGE, VIENNA. 

W.  F.  WILTON COLLINS  STATION. 

W.  W.  DEE, ST.  JACOBS. 

T.  J.  JONES, COLLINS  STATION. 

T.  H.  ALLDf KEYTESVILLE,  Mo. 

A.  P.  GOODYKOONTZ, LEBANON. 


CATALOGUE  OF  THE 


RESIDENCES. 


L.  H.  LEE, PBAIRIK  DuRocHER. 

W.  H.  LEE, 

LOUIS  LANDAU, LEBANON. 

A.  V.   CORMAC, OTALLON. 

J.  G.  WILSON, SPRINGFIELD. 

J.  E.  SCOTT, SHILOH. 

J.  M.  YARBRO, COTINGTON,  TENN. 

ALPHONZO  HURT, KEYTESVILLE,  Mo. 

M.  CLARK, GOLCONDA. 

JAMES  HURT, KEYTESVILLE,  Mo. 

J.  B.  WEST, LEBANON. 

W.  L.  NICHOLS, " 

L.  A.  BERGER, " 

J.  C.  GRIGG, WOBTJRN. 

A.  F.  RODGERS HIGHLAND. 

E.  L.  STOKER, CENTRALIA. 

E.  C.  THAKE,   CASEYVILLE. 

W.  H.  BENNETT, PERRYVILLE,  Mo. 

G.  A.  DETERDING, ALTON. 

T.  M.  PIGG, MULBERRY  GROVK. 

EDWARD  YATES, GRIGGSVILLE. 

R.  C.  P.  PHILLIPS, NASHVILLE. 

SAMUEL  YOUNG, HILLSBORO. 

W.  F.  FULLER, HIGHLAND. 

WARREN  TRUITT, HILLSBORO. 

S.  P.  SPARKS, WARRENSBURO,  Mo. 

D.  H.  ALVIS, NASHVILLE. 

J.  M.  DICKSON, PERRYVILLB,  Mo. 

J.  T.  FARES,. OKAW. 

S.  G.  BRYAN, LEBANON. 

LAMBERT  SIDENER, HOWARD'S  POINT. 

J.    T.    OGLE, LlTCHFEELD. 

J.  T.  RODGERS, ROCK  ISLAND,  TKN. 

J.  E.  RODGERS, " 

T.  H.  LOGAN STTMMERFIELD. 

HENRY  BLANCK, LEBANON. 

F.  E.  COFFMANN, AVON,  Mo. 

J.  M.  ECKERT, FAYETTEVILLE. 

HENRY  ECKERT, 

JAMES  DUNN, CHESTER. 

GEORGE  LANE, LEBANON. 

J.  M.  TRUITT,  HILLSBORO. 

J.  E.  PEELER DONGOLA. 


PLATONIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY.  81 

NAMES.  RESIDENCES. 

isee. 

JACOB  FORNIE, BELLEVILLE. 

J.  A.  ROBB, WALSHVILLE. 

I.  T.  ANDERSON, ST.  JACOBS. 

WILLIAM  KNEWITZ, LENZBURO. 

D.  A.  THOMPSON, THOMPSON,  KAN. 

B.  F.  BROCKETT, CARMI. 

LACCHEUS  BOURNE, SUMMER. 

J.  G.  CUNNINGHAM, BRIGHTON. 

HENRY  SEITER, LEBANON. 

W.  A.  WORD, INGRAHAM. 

J.  W.  PIGG, MULBERRY  GROVE. 

G.  W.  GRIGG, WOBURN. 

C.  A.  PIPER, Mr.  VERNON. 

J.  W.  HUNTER, MARINE. 

J.  H.  BROWNLEE, LEBANON. 

EUGENE  HOBBS, ST.  MORGAN. 

A.  C.  BERNAYS, LEBANON. 

F.  E.  THORP,.... HIGHLAND. 

JOHN  PATE, RICHVIEW. 

ELISHA  RICE, RAMSEY. 

S.  G.  FOSTER, AUBURN. 

J.  J.  POSEY, CARLYLE. 

G.  K.  EDWARDS,  McLEANSBORO. 

T.  C.  AMES, RED  BUD. 

J.  M.  ROBB, WALSHVILLE. 

CALVIN  McEWEN, LEBANON. 

B.  F.  FREEMAN, .LEBANON. 

JAMES  HAYNES, ZANESVILLE. 

R.  D.  ADAMS, FAIRFIELD. 

J.  W.  McCORD, GREENVILLE. 

J.  S.  McCORD, 

D.  S.  BENNETT, LEBANON. 

C.  W.   WOOLVERTON, DONGOLA. 

HEZEKIAH  SHORT CARLINVILLE. 

CHARLES  CANNADY, • OKAW. 

J.  Q.  M.  MILLER, PLUM  HILL. 

A.  M.  BROWNLEE .LEBANON, 

P.  L.  ERWIN, LEWISVILLE. 

J.  T.  HUDDLESTON, GILLESPIE. 

T.  C.  McFARLAND, STEEL'S  Mn.r.s. 

J.  P.  BELL, LEBANON. 

J.  H.  BLUME, COLLINSVILLE. 

W.  A.  KELSOR, VANDALIA. 


32  CATALOGUE  OF  THE 


NAMES.  RESIDENCES. 

CHARLES  BLACK,  ......................................  PAIRFIKLD. 

WILLIAM  BRADSHAW,.:  ........................... 

ARTHUR  BRADSHAW,  ............................. 


C.  W.  KENNEDY,,  .....................................  NASHVILLE, 

A.  S.  HARSHA,  ...........................................  CABMI. 

J.  R.   CROWDER,  .........................................  GRAYVILLE. 

SAMUEL  FLEISCHMAN,  ............................  LKBANON. 

DAVID  LOGAN,  ................  .  .........................  LOUISVILLE. 

T.  G.  PARKER,  ...........................................  CARMI. 

E.  B.  CONDIT,  .............................................  CENTRALIA. 

LEROY  STALEY,  ........................................  CARMI. 

T.  M.  GROSSMAN  .......................................  ALTON. 

CHARLES  SPIES  .......  ..................................  MARINE. 

J.    J.  DOUGLAS  ..........................................  CHESTER. 

ALFRED  ADAMS,  .....................................  .. 

W.  G.  BARR,  ..............  ................................  GREENVILLE. 

L.  F.  BOHM,  ................................  ...............  COLLINSVILLB. 

G.  W.TOLLE,  .....  ....................    ................  GILLESPIK. 

W.  F.  TOLLE,  ............................................. 

G.  W.  GRIFFITH,.  .....................................  FAYETTEVILLK. 

J.  D.  LEACH,  ...............................................  TRENTON. 

J.  W.  FLINT,  ..............................................  LEBANON. 

H.  H.  McMICHAEL,  ....................................  GREENCASTLK. 

JOHN  KEESEE,  ........  .  .........  .....................  VIENNA. 

W.  M.  HAMPTON,  ......................................  LITCHFIELD. 

ROBERT  MITCHELL,  ...................................  GILLESPIE. 

J.  R.  WHITAKER  .....................................  SUMMBRFIBLD. 

W.  S.   MARSHALL,  .......................  ............  CENTRALIA. 

C.  A.  BLUE,  ...........................................  ....CARLINVILLK. 

J.  C.  PENTZER,  .........................................  GILLESPIE. 

R.  J.  STEPHENS,  .............  ............................  CARLYLB. 

N.  W.  ALLEN,  ..................  ...  .......................  ALLENTON,  Mo. 

H.  F.  CLARK,  .............................................  GILLESPIR. 

W.  W.  MABRY^  .......................................  VANDALIA. 

JOHN  HUFFMANN,  ..................................  STAUNTON. 

EMMETT  NICHOLS,  .............................  ......  ST.  Louis,  Mo. 

JAMES  A.  ANDERSON,  ..............................  LEBANON. 


•  Deceased, 
t  Expelled. 


PLATONIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY.  S3 


CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS 

OF  THE 

PLATONIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY. 


IP  :e,  E  .A.  is*  B  :c  E  . 

For  the  purpose  of  promoting  our  advancement  in  knowledge,  and 
qualifying  ourselves  for  future  usefulness,  we  do  establish  the  following 
CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS. 


CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  name  of  the  association  shall  be  the  PLATONIAN  LITERARY  SOCIKTY. 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  object  of  this  Society  shall  be  the  improvement  of  its  members  in 
Discussion,  Oratory  and  Literature. 

ARTICLE  in. 

The  officers  of  this  Society  shall  consist  of  two  Editors,  a  President,  Vice 
President,  Recording  Secretary,  Corresponding  Secretary,  Janitor  and 
Librarian,  two  Critics,  and  a  Chaplain. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

DUTIKS.  OF   OFFICKKS. 

SKCTION  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Editor*  to  conduct  the  manuscript 
paper  of  the  Society,  and  read  the  same  at  the  close  of  each  Collegiate 
Term. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  to  preside  at  all  meetings 
of  the  Society,  appoint  all  committees,  give  a  casting  vote  whenever  a  tie 
may  occur,  (except  in  the  election  of  officers,)  assess  all  fines,  grant  any 
member  leave  of  absence  from  the  hall,  call  special  meetings  when  the 
interests  of  the  Society  may  demand  it,  or  at  the  written  request  of  tive 
members,  give  the  decision  in  the  regular  debate,  and  sign  all  or  lers  drawn 
on  the  treasury. 


CONSTITUTION   AND  BY-LAWS  OF  THE 


SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Vice  President  to  preside  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  President,  and  in  case  of  his  permanent  removal,  shall  act  as 
chairman  until  the  next  regular  election  of  officers ;  he  shall  collect  all 
moneys  due  the  Society,  and  hold  the  same,  subject  only  to  the  order  of 
the  President,  attested  by  the  Recording  Secretary  ;  shall  keep  a  just  and 
true  account  of  all  moneys  received,  and  take  a  receipt  of  all  moneys  paid 
out.  At  the  end  of  his  term  of  office  he  shall  make  out  a  full  report  to  the 
Society,  and  shall  have  the  said  report,  together  with  his  books,  examined, 
and  their  correctness  certified  to  by  the  Financial  Committee,  and  shall 
deliver  these,  and  all  moneys,  to  his  successor  in  office. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Recording  Secretary  to  keep  a  correct 
record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Society,  call  the  roll  at  the  opening  of  each 
meeting,  read  the  minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting,  report  all  absentees) 
prepare  and  read  an  order  of  exercises  two  weeks  in  advance  of  the  per- 
formance, and  draw  and  attest  all  orders  for  money  to  be  paid  by  the 
Society,  and  none  others. 

SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary  to  conduct 
the  correspondence  of  the  Society,  and  discharge  the  duties  of  Recording 
Secretary  during  the  absence  of  that  officer. 

SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Librarian  and  Janitor  to  take  charge 
of  the  Library,  label  and  number  all  books  received,  charge  each  volume 
against  the  member  drawing  it,  and  report  those  who  fail  to  return  or  renew 
their  books  within  two  weeks  after  taking  them  out ;  also  to  light  and 
prepare  the  hall  for  each  regular  meeting.  He  shall  not  permit  any  one 
to  visit  the  Society  Hall  unless  accompanied  by  himself.  He  shall  make 
out  a  full  report  at  the  close  of  his  term  of  office. 

SEC.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Critics  to  give  written  criticisms  of 
all  declamations,  essays,  orations,  and  speeches  in  the  regular  and  irregular 
debates,  and  read  the  same  to  the  Society  at  the  close  of  the  irregular  debate  ; 
also,  to  report  questions  for  discussion  two  weeks  in  advance. 

SEC.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chaplain  to  open  each  regular  meet- 
ing with  prayer. 

ARTICLE  V. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Any  student  of  good  moral  character,  not  under  fourteen  years  of  age, 
desirous  of  becoming  a  member  of  this  Society,  shall  be  proposed  one  week 
previous  to  his  election,   and  ou  receiving  two-thirds  of  the  votes  cast,  and 
having  paid  his  initiation  fee,  shall  be  entitled  to  full  membership. 
ARTICLE  VI. 

IrtJTIES   OK   MEMBERS. 

Each  member  shall  be  present  at  all  regular  meetings,  and  perform  the 
duties  assigned  him  ;  and  while  the  Society  is  in  session  he  shall  preserve 
the  strictest  order  and  decorum. 


PLATONIAN   LITERARY  SOCIETY.  25 


ARTICLE  VII. 

HONORARY    MEMBERS. 

The  graduate  members,  and  all  men  of  distinction  that  the  Society  may 
elect,  shall  be  Honorary  Members  of  this  Society. 
ARTICLE  VIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

This  Constitution  may  be  amended  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  Society, 
and  all  amendments  shall  be  proposed  in  writing,  one  week  previous  to 
b«ing  voted  upon. 


S. 


ARTICLE  I. 


SEC.  1.  The  regular  meeting  of  this  Society  shall  be  held  on  every  Fri- 
day evening  during  the  Collegiate  Year,  at  such  hours  as  the  Society  may 
designate. 

SEC.  2.  A  majority  of  the  acting  members  of  this  Society  shall  consti- 
tute a  quorum  for  transacting  business. 

ARTICLE  II. 


The  officers  of  this  Society  shall  be  elected  once  every  five  weeks,  except 
the  Editors,  who  shall  be  elected  the  first  meeting  of  each  college  term. 
Said  officers  shall  be  elected  separately  and  by  ballot,  except  the  Chaplain 
and  Assistant  Librarian,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President  upon 
taking  his  seat.  In  said  elections,  the  member  receiving  a  majority  of  all 
the  votes  cast  shall  be  declared  duly  elected.  If  there  should  be  no  election 
on  the  first  ballot,  the  voting  shall  be  confined  to  the  two  members  having 
the  highest  number  of  votes;  or  if  there  be  a  tie  between  more  than  two 
members,  the  voting  shall  be  confined  to  said  members. 

ARTICLE  III. 

STANDING   COMMITTKES. 

The  President  shall,  at  the  first  regular  meeting  of  each  college  term, 
appoint  three  Standing  Committees,  viz : 

1st.  A  PRUDENTIAL  COMMITTEE,  consisting  of  three,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  investigate  the  cases  of  all  members  who  may  be  referred  to 
them  by  the  Society  for  any  of  the  following  offences  :  Suffering  dues  and 
penalties  to  remain  unpaid  longer  than  the  By-Laws  direct,  casting  more 
than  one  .ballot  at  the  same  time,  or  being  injurious  to  the  interests  of 
the  Society,  and  also  to  report  at  the  no/*  iv.ceting  by  resolution,  to  the 


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effect  that  the  member  be  expelled,  suspended  or  excused,  as  they  may 
think  proper,  which  resolution  shall  lie  upon  the  table  at  least  one  week, 
and  the  offending  member  shall  be  notified  of  the  character  of  the  resolu- 
tion by  the  Recording  Secretary,  and  requested  to  be  present  at  the  time 
appointed  for  considering  the  same,  with  a  view  of  giving  an  opportunity 
to  make  a  defence.  At  the  time  appointed,  whether  the  accused  shall  be 
present  or  not,  a  majority  of  the  members  present  shall  have  power  to 
adopt  or  reject  said  resolution,  which  action  shall  be  final. 

2d.  A  LIBRARIAN  COMMITTEE,  consisting  of  three,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  propose  such  measures  as  they  may  deem  conducive  to  the  interest  of 
the  Library. 

3d.  A  FINANCIAL  COMMITTEE,  consisting  of  three,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  carefully  examine  the  books  and  accounts  of  the  Treasurer,  and  report 
on  the  same  immediately  proceeding  each  change  of  officers ;  also  to 
examine  and  report  on  all  claims  against  the  Society  previous  to  their 
being  passed  for  payment. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

INITIATION. 

The  initiation  fee  of  this  Society  shall  be  Two  Dollars,  payable  immedi- 
ately after  election. 

ARTICLE  V. 

TRIBUTES    AND    PENALTIES. 

SEC.  1.  Each  member  shall  pay  the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents  on  the 
first  meeting  in  each  collegiate  term,  for  the  support  of  the  Society. 

SEC.  2.  Any  member  for  absence  from  the  Society,  for  failing  to  per- 
form his  duty,  for  improper  language  or  disorderly  conduct  while  the 
Society  is  in  session,  for  leaving  the  hall  without  being  excused  by  the 
President,  for  misusing  or  retaining  a  volume  from  the  Library  longer  than 
two  weeks  without  renewal,  or  for  committing  his  declamation  or  oration 
in  such  a  manner  that  in  the  delivery  of  the  same  he  will  need  a  prompter, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  ten  cents. 

SEC.  3.  Should  the  Secretary,  Treasurer,  or  any  officer,  neglect  to  have 
at  the  meetings  such  books  and  papers  belonging  to  the  Society  as  may  be 
necessary  to  use,  he  shall,  unless  a  satisfactory  excuse  is  given,  be  fined  for 
each  offence  ten  cents. 

SEC.  4.  For  such  offences  or  acts  of  negligence  as  are  not  mentioned  in 
the  above  sections,  the  President,  with  the  consent  of  the  Society,  may  im- 
pose a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty-five  cents. 

SEC.  5.  The  tributes  and  fines  of  each  member  shall  be  paid  within  two 
weeks  after  assessment. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

ETIQUETTE. 

SEC.  1.  Any  member  rising  to  address  the  house  shall  first  address  the 
President,  and  when  two  or  more  members  shall  rise  at  the  same  time,  the 
President  shall  decide  who  has  the  floor. 


PLATONIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY.  S7 

SEC.  2.     Xo  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice  on  any  one  subject, 
except  to  make  an  explanation  or  suggestion. 
AKTICLE  VH. 

ESSAYISTS. 

All  essayists  shall  hand  in  their  essays  to  the  Critics  for  criticism,  Wed- 
nesday before  the  meeting  of  Society. 

ARTICLE  VIH. 

REPORTS. 

SEC.  1.  The  Vice  President  and  Librarian  shall  each  make  a  written 
report  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office. 

SEC.  2.  The  President,  on  the  evening  following  the  election  of  officers, 
shall  deliver  a  valedictory  address. 

SEC.  3.  All  reports  of  officers,  together  with  the  address  of  the  Presi- 
dent, shall  be  filed  in  the  archives  of  the  Society. 

SEC.  4.  If  the  President  shall  neglect  to  perform  the  duties  named  in 
the  above  section,  he  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  cents  f 
nor  more  than  one  dollar. 

SEC.  5.     If  tha  Vice  President  or  Librarian  shall  fail  to  comply  with 
sections  first  and  third  of  this  article,  they  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  twenty-five  cents,  nor  more  than  fifty  cents  each. 
AKTICLE  IX. 

APPEALS. 

Any  member  may  appeal  to  the  house  from  the  decision  of  the  chair, 
except  in  decision  of  regular  debate. 

ARTICLE  X. 

EXCUSES. 

Any  member  excused  from  College  shall  be  considered  excused  from  the 
Societv. 

ARTICLE  XL 

BILLS    AND   REPORTS. 

SEC.  1.  When  a  bill  is  presented  to  the  Society  for  payment,  it  shall 
be  first  read  in  open  meeting,  and  referred  to  the  Committtee  on  Finance. 

SEC.  2.  All  reports  of  committees,  except  those  of  progress,  shall  be 
made  in  writing,  and  signed  by  a  majority  of  the  committee. 

SEC.  3.     When  the   majority  report  is  followed  by  a  report  from  the 
minority  of  a  committee,  the  former  shall  lie  on  the  table  until  the  latter 
is  presented  and  read,  when  on  motion  either  may  be  considered. 
ARTICLE  XII. 

RESOLUTIONS. 

Rtsolved,  1st.  That  no  member  be  allowed  to  interrupt  the  speaker  in 
debate,  by  more  than  one  explanation. 

Resolved,  2d.  That  no  one  be  permitted  to  make  an  explanation  except 
the  one  to  whom  the  speaker  refers. 


28  CONSTITUTION   AND   BY-LAWS 

Resolved,  3d.  That  the  use  of  tobacco  in  the  hall  be  considered  a  viol- 
ation of  good  order,  and  a  fineable  offence. 

Resolved,  4th.  That  no  member  be  allowed  to  hold  more  than  one 
elective  offi  ce  at  the  same  time. 

AKTICLE  XIII. 

PLATO     SCHOLARSHIP. 

SEC.  1.  This  scholarship  shall  be  held  as  a  prize  by  the  Society,  to  en- 
courage the  members  to  industry  and  diligence  in  the  discharge  of  all 
Society  duties. 

SEC.  2.  Its  use  shall  be  awarded  for  the  next  succeeding  term,  to  that 
member  who,  during  any  College  Term,  shall  have  best  performed  all  the 
Society  duties  which  may  have  been  properly  devolved  upon  him. 

SEC.  3.  Each  College  Term,  at  such  time  as  the  Society  may  designate, 
not  earlier  than  ten  days  before  the  close  of  the  term,  the  President,  with 
the  consent  of  the  Society,  shall  appoint  a  committee  of  three,  who  shall 
carefully  examine,  and  shall  report  the  names  of  such  as  are  entitled  to  be 
considered  as  candidates  for  the  prize  ;  and  after  such  report  the  Society 
shall  proceed  immediately,  and  without  debate,  to  elect  by  ballot,  from 
among  the  persons  so  named,  one  who  shall  be  entitled  to  the  use  of  the 
scholarship  for  the  term  next  ensuing  ;  any  ballot  cast  for  a  person  whose 
name  is  not  reported  shall  be  considered  as  a  blank. 

SEC.  4.     No  member  who,  during  the  term,  shall  have  been  deficient  in. 
or  excused  from,  any  duty,  unless  in  case  of  sickness,  or  some  other  un- 
avoidable circumstance,  shall  be  a  competitor. 
AKTICLE  XIV. 

AMENDMENTS. 

SEC.  1.  No  amendment  shall  be  made  to  these  By-Laws,  unless  by  a 
vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present  at  any  regular  meeting. 

SEC.  2.     Any  amendment  proposed  to  these  By-Laws  shall  be  made  in 
writing,  and  signed  by  three  members  of  the  Society,  and  it  shall  be  read 
in  open  meeting  one  week  previous  to  being  voted  upon. 
AKTICLE  XV. 

ORDER   OF   BUSfXKSS. 

1st.  Prayer. 

2d.  Calling  Roll. 

3d.  Keading  Minutes. 

4th.  Declamations,  Essays,  and  Orations. 

'">tli.  Regular  Debate,  and  Decision  of  President. 

nth.  Report  and  Change  of  Officers. 

7th.  Irregular  Debate. 

8th.  Proposals  and  Election  of  Candidates  for  Membership. 

'.ith.  Election  of  Officers. 

10th.  Miscellaneous  Business. 

llth.  Order  of  Performance  read  for  one  and  two  weeks. 

12th.  List  of  Absentees  read. 

13th.  Adjournment. 


CATALOGUE  OF  BOOKS 


OF  THE 


Platonian   Literary  Society. 


HISTORICAL. 

Rollin's  Ancient  History,  2  vols. 

Milner's  Church  History. 

Elements  of  History. 

Grimshavv's  United  States. 

Merill's  Greece. 

American  War. 

Hume's  History  of  England,  6  vols. 

Gibbon's  Rome,  6  vols. 

History  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Gutzlaff's  History  of  China. 

Sear's  Great  Britain  and  Ireland. 

Rise  &  Fall  of  the  Dutch  Rep'blic,  3  v. 

Historv  of  All  Nations,  2  vols. 

Churcn  History,  Gregory  and  Butler. 

Botta's  American  War,  2  vols. 

Ecclesiastical  History. 

Universal  Naval  History,  Frost. 

Mclntosh's  Book  of  Indians. 

Military  Transactions  in  Hindostan. 

Rollin's  Ancient  History,  8  vols. 

Macaulev's  History  of  England,  4vols. 

Tvtler's  History.  " 

ifnited  States.  'Frost. 

Muller's  Universal  History,  4  vols. 

Greek  Revolution. 

Buler's  Kentucky. 

Library  of  Natural  History. 

Commerce  and  Navigation. 

30  Years  in  the  U.  S.  Senate,  Bi-nton. 

History  of  Greece  and  Ro:ne. 

Peruvian  Antiquities. 

History  of  the  Inquisition. 

History  of  the  United  States. 

Hildre'th's  History  U.  S.,  3  vols. 


BIOGRAPHICAL. 

Writings  of  Washington,  Sparks.  12v. 
Life  of  Collins. 
Life  of  Walsh. 
Memoir  of  Buchanan. 
Memoir  of  J.  B.  Taylor. 
Life  of  Cookman. 
Hume's  Biographical  Index. 
American  Biography,  Sparks. 
Biography  of  Eminent  Men. 
Life  ot  Lord  Byron. 
Lives  of  Atrocious  Judges. 
Life  of  Brainard. 
Memory  of  Marty n. 
Life  and  Reign  of  Nicholas  I.  Russia.   I 
Life  and  Speeches  of  Henry  Clay. 
Life  of  Pavson. 
Memoir  of  A.  R.  Peaters. 
Life  of  Kilpin. 
Weems'  Washington. 
Life  of  Napoleon,  Scott,  '2  vols. 
Memoirs  of  the  Pretenders. 
Memoirs  of  C.  H.  Porter. 
Life  of  Johnson,  Boswell. 
James  Scurry. 
Henry  Clay. 
Diary  of  George  IV. 
Life  and  Essays  of  Franklin. 
Lives  of  the  P\>ets. 
Life  of  Newton. 
Joseph  us. 

Memoirs  of  Napoleon. 
Popular  Biography. 
Lite  of  John  Cotton. 
i  Life  of  Dorry. 


CATALOGUE   OF  HOOKS  OK  THK 


Biography  of  D.  W.  Stone. 

Life  of  Lord  Byron,  Moore. 

Memoirs  of  Wm.  Kipley. 

Life  of  Bramwell. 

Lives  of  the  Signers  of  the  Declarut'n. 

Life  of  Washington. 

Reminiscences  of  Bishop  Chase. 

Life  of  Black  Hawk. 

Life  of  Napoleon. 

Biographical  Index. 

Life  of  Addison. 

Fleetwood's  Life  of  Christ. 

Life  of  G.  W.  Henrv. 

Life  of  Henry  Clay.  ' 

Life  of  P.  T.'  Barnum. 

Life  of  John  C.  Fremont. 

Life  and  Sayings  of  Mrs.  Partington. 

Lives  of  the  Presidents. 

Days  of  King  Henrv,  2  vols. 

Life  of  J.  Q.""  Adams. 

POETICAL. 

AMERICAN  POETS. 

Longfellow's  Poems,  2  vols. 
Bryant's  Poems,  2  vols. 
Poe's  Works,  4  vols. 
Whittier's  Poems,  2  vols. 
Willis'  Poems. 

BRITISH  POETS. 
Montgomery. 

Sir  Walter  Scott's  Poems,  0  vols. 
John  Milton,  3  vols. 
Jonathan  Swift,  3  vols. 
Shelley,  3  vols. 
Shakspeare. 
John  Skelton,  3  vols. 
John  Keats. 

Robert  Southey,  10  vols. 
Spencer,  5  vols. 
Thomson,  2  vols. 
Gray. 
Marvell. 

Dr.  John  Donne. 
Watts. 
Surrey. 
Vaughan. 
White. 
Wyatt. 

Francis  Child's  Ballads.  S  vol.-. 
Bvron's  Works,  10  vols. 
Chatterton,  2  vols. 
Cowper,  3  vols. 
Churchill.  3  vols. 
Pope,  3  vols. 
Thomas  Hood,  4  vols. 
Young,  2  vols. 
Gay,  2  vols. 


Dryden,  5  vols. 

Butler,  2  vols. 

Coleridge,  3  vols. 

Prior,  2  vols. 

Thomas  Moore,  6  vols. 

Bvron's  Works. 

iferrick,  2  vols, 

Herbert. 

Parnell  and  Tickell. 

Akenside. 

Beattie. 

Campbell. 
,  Falconer. 
•  Collins. 

Wordsworth. 

Shakspeare's  Complete  Works. 

Byron  s  Poetical  Works. 

Burns'  Poetical  Works,  3  vols. 
,  Milton  and  Young. 

Scott's  Poetical  Works. 
;  Pope's  Works,  6  vols. 

Cowper's  Poems. 

Cowper's  Task. 
1  H.  K.  White's  Poetical  Works. 

Dryden's  Virgil. 

Thompson's  Seasons. 

Tupper's  Poems. 

Poems  of  Mrs.  Norton. 

Miss  Landon's  Complete. 

Homer's  Iliad. 

Judiad  Pierson. 

A  Poem. 

Arirgilius. 

Mrs.  Hemans'  Complete  Work*. 

Keats'  Poems. 

Tupper's  Poetical  Works. 

Harvesting  Sketches  in  Prose  &  Verse 

Smith's  Poems. 

Coleridge's  Poetical  Works. 

RELIGIOUS. 

Hist,  of  the  Reformation,  D'Aubigne. 

Clark's  Sermons,  2  vols. 

Watson's  Conversations. 

Holy  Bible. 

Theological  Colloquies. 

M cGavm's  Protestant,  2  vola. 

Bible  Dictionary. 

Rev.  Jos.  Bellamy's  Works.  2  v«»K 

Theological  Institutes. 

Watson's  Wesley. 

Conversations  on  the  Bible. 

Spanish  Bible. 

Power  on  Universalism. 

Wood's  Bible  Dictionary. 

Superannuated. 

D'Aubigne's  Discourses. 

Protestant. 


PLATONIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY. 


Luther's  Commentary. 

Line  upon  Line. 

Precept  upon  Precept. 

Biblical  Chronology,  Akcrs. 

Methodist  Magazine. 

Compendium  of  the  Bible. 

Abercrombie  on  the  Moral  Feeling. 

Religious  Tracts,  12  vols. 

Natural  Theology. 

Edwards  on  Revivals. 

Bible  Not  of  Man. 

Nelson  on  Infidelity. 

Ten  Commandments,  Hopkins. 

Owen  on  Forgiveness. 

Rise  and  Progress,  Doddridge. 

Wilberforce's  Practical  View. 

Edwards  on  the  Affections. 

Banyan's  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

Baxter's  Saint's  Rest. 

Baxter's  Call. 

Edward's  History  of  Redemption. 

Persuasives  to  Early  Piety. 

Guide  to  Young  Disciples. 

Nivine's  Practical  Thoughts. 

Evidences  of  Christianity. 

Sabbath  Manual. 

Mammon,  by  Harris. 

Gaullandite's  Youth's  Book. 

Counsel  to  Young  Men. 

Advice  to  Young  Christians. 

A  Night  of  Toil. 

Missionary's  Daughter. 

Acquaintance  with  God. 

Universalism  Not  of  God. 

Discipline  of  M.  E.  Church. 

Holy  Bible. 

Schmucker's  Popular  Theology. 

Channing's  AVorks,  6  vols. 

Edgar  on  Popery. 

Banker's  Spiritual  Reflections. 

Biblical  Reader. 

D'Aubigne's  Reformation  in  G.  &  ~VV. 

Rev.  Sidney  Smith's  Works. 

Young  Christian. 

Theological  Review. 

Lightfoot's  Harmony  of  X.  Tostam't. 

Horn's  Introduction. 

Methodist  Conferences. 

Friend  of  Peace. 

Views  of  Christianity. 

Davies'  Sermons,  2  vols. 

Household  Baptism. 

Butler's  Analogy. 

Debates,  Rice  and  Campbell. 

Help  to  Genesis. 

Young  Man's  Guide. 

Buck's  Religious  Anecdotes. 

Dixon  on  Methodism. 


Divine  Rule  of  Faith  and  Practice. 

Practical  Piety. 

Ecclesiastical  History. 

Jenk's  Devotions. 

New  Divinity  Examined. 

Afflicted  Mail's  Companion. 

Theological  Compend. 

Scripture  Biography,  Galhuulet. 
,  Edwards'  Work  of  the  Spirit 
'••  Doctrinal  Tracts. 

Tracts. 

Blunt  on  the  Seven  Churches. 

Acquaintance  with  God. 

Proudfit's  Works,  4  vols. 

Church  Member's  Guide. 

General  Conf.  Journal  and  Debate. 

Methodist  Hymns. 

Miscellany  on  Baptism. 

Companion  for  the  Afflicted. 

Christian  Philosopher. 

Command  with  Promise. 

Christian  Index. 

Mormonism. 

Dick's  Philosophy  of  Religion. 
!  French  Bible. 
1  Shinn's  Plan  of  Salvation. 

Wesley's  Sermons. 
1  Wesley's  Journals. 

Christian  Philosophy. 

Watson's  Apology. 

Public  and  Social  Duties. 

Flavel's  Fountain  of  Life. 

Farel's  Method  of  Grace. 

The  Second  Advent. 

Young  Man's  Own  Book. 

Essay  on  Camp  Meetings. 

Methodist  Review,  0  vols. 

D'Aubigne's  Discourses, 
i  Ladies'  Repository,  G  vols. 

Flavel's  Redemption. 

Chapman's  Sermons  to  Presbyterians. 
:  Christian  Life. 
;  The  Colporteur  and  Roman  Catholic. 

Fletcher's  Appeal. 

Religious  Ceremonies. 

Centcnnary  of  Methodism. 

Laurin's  Sermons. 

Lawton's  Parsonage,  3  vols.  . 

Young  Christian. 

Pollok's  Course  of  Time. 

Comprehensive  Commentary,  6  vols. 

Methodist  Quarterly  Review,  7  vols. 

Dr.  Olin's  Works,  :2  vols. 

Townlev's  Biblical  Literature. 

Wesley's  Missionaries. 

Christ 'Crucified. 

National  Magazine.  0  vols. 

Persuasions  to  3?arlv  Pietv. 


CATALOtiUK   OK   BOOKS  OK  THE 


The  Dark  River. 

Young  Man's  Ottering. 

Autobiography  of  Peter  Cartwright. 

Fleetwood's  Life  of  Christ. 

Christian  Perfection. 

Tooke's  Heathen  Gods. 

Modern  Infidelity. 

Essays  on  Covetousness. 

Struggles  for  Life. 

Worcester's  Sermons. 

Henry's  Meditations. 

Morris'  Sermons. 

Dix's  Complete  Works. 

Moral  Science,  Wayland. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Pulpit. 

Messiah's  Kingdom. 

Lectures  on  Paul's  Epistles. 

LITERARY  AND  SCIENTIFIC. 

British  Essavists. 
Tattler,  4  vols. 
Spectator,  8  vols. 
Guardian,  3  vols. 
Rambler,  3  vols. 
Adventurer,  3  vols. 
World,  3  vols. 
Connoisseur,  '1  vols. 
Idler. 

Mirror,  2  vols. 
Lounger,  2  vols. 
Observer,  3  vols. 
Looker-On,  3  vols. 
General  Index. 
Modern  British  Essayists. 
Jeffreys. 
Macintosh. 
Wilson. 

Talfourd  and  Stevens. 
Svdnev  Smith. 
Carlyle. 
Macaulay. 

Waverly  Novels,  23  vols. 
Les  Miserable.*. 

History  of  the  Inductive  Sciences. 
Ancient  Literature  and  Art. 
Irving's  Works. 
The  Spectator. 
Bacon's  Works,  3  vols. 
'Literary  Panorama. 
Penny  Magazine,  '•'>  vols. 
Plato  Gem, 

Canning's  Select  Speeches. 
Uncle  Tom's  Cabin. 
Information  for  the  People. 
Westminster  Review. 
Nicholson's  Encyclopedia. 
3Iy  Juvenilt*  Days. 
<  )oservations  of  Literature. 
Lovell's  Young  Speaker. 


Mrs.  Lincoln's  Botany. 

LovelPs  Dialogues  Revised. 

Jameison's  Rhetoric. 

Introduction  to  Latin. 

Porter's  Rhetorical  Reader. 

Newman's  Rhetoric. 

Watts  on  the  Mind. 

Papal  Rome  as  it  is. 

Downing's  Letters. 

French's  Grammar. 

Balamy's  Works. 

Mason  on  Self  Knowledge. 

French  Book. 

German  Book. 

Old  Bachelor. 

Persian  Fables. 

War  and  Peace. 

Spurzheim  on  Education. 

Family  Adviser. 

Boys'  and  Girls'  Library. 

Ten  Nights  in  a  Bar  Room. 

Hebrew  Grammar. 

Six  Months  in  a  Convent. 

Wally's  Elements  of  Rhetoric. 

Smith's  Lectures  to  Young  Men. 

Julia. 

Cobb's  Reader. 

Swell  Life  at  Sea. 

Destruction  of  Jerusalem. 

Wood's  Dictionary.  2  vols. 

Woodfall's  Junins. 

Dean  Swift's  Works. 

Arabian  Nights. 

Living  American  Orators. 

North  American  Reader. 

Stephens  on  the  English  Constitut'n. 

StifiingHeet's  Irenieum. 

Readings  from  Scott. 

Historical  Question  Book. 

Fowler's  Physiology. 

Captivity  of  the  Oatman  Girl-. 

Knowledge  under  Difficulties. 

American  Citixens. 

Hereditary  Descent.  Fowler. 

Hutnboldt's  Island  of  Cuba. 

The  Know  Nothing. 

(i:t/.<-tteer  of  the  U.  States. 

Sh:ikspeare  Novels. 

Smithsonian  Report,  2  vols. 

Brown's  Philosophy. 

Harper's  Magazine*. 

The  Americans  in  Japan. 

Antiquities  of  N.  Y.  and  tin.'  W«>t. 

Wonderful  Charterer-. 

Trial  of  British  Soldiers. 

Morse's  Gazetteer. 
;  Ivanhoc. 
;  Goldsmith's  View  of  the  World. 

The  Literary  Gazette  and  Journal. 


PLATOMAN   LITERARY  SOCIETY. 


33 


Village  in  the  Mountains. 

Jay's  Lectures. 

Paley's  Philosophy. 

Modern  Europe. 

Sugar  Planter's  Manual. 

Kirwan's  Journal  and  Letters. 

Tales  of  Glauberspa. 

On  Education. 

Rush's  Residence  at  London  Court. 

Glory  of  America. 

Wilson's  Diseases  of  the  Skin. 

Bird's  Natural  Philosophy. 

Johnson's  Chemistry. 

Olmsted's  Philosophy. 

Flowers  of  Literature. 

Julius  Caesar. 

Botany  for  Beginners. 

Virgilius. 

Porter's  Analysis. 

Things  New  and  Old. 

Sketches  for  the  Young. 

Alison  on  Taste. 

Calwell's  Elocution. 

Classical  Selections. 

Lyell's  Geology. 

Scientific  Dialogues. 

German  Book. 

Bronson's  Elocution. 

Analytical  Manual. 

Murry's  Exercise. 

Farmer's  Manual. 

Woolard's  Geography. 

Jocob's  Greek  Reader. 

Th«  Fairy  Search. 

Odd-Fellow's  Offering. 

Exercises  in  English  Composition. 

Latin  Grammar. 

Cleveland's  Latin  Lessons. 

Young  Man  from  Home. 

Ewing's  Observations. 

Jamaica. 

Omnia. 

Recollections  of  Mexico. 

Perseverance  under  Difficulties. 

Little  Mary's  Tales. 

Blair's  Lectures. 

The  Rocket. 

Hurd's  Corrector. 

Mansfield's  Political  Grammar. 

Essays,  Locke  and  Bacon. 

Pubfic  and  Social  Duties. 

Olive  Branch. 

Upham's  Mental  Philosophy. 

Commercial  Dictionary,  3  vols. 

Fowler's  Phrenology. " 

Erskine's  Speeches,  2  vols. 

Analysis  of  Institutes,  2  vols. 

Fraductem  Francois. 

Harriet  Newell. 


Reminiscences  of  Niebuhr. 

An  American  in  England. 

Omnium  Gatherum. 

Pamphlets. 

Improvement  of  Society. 

Kean's  Vindication. 

American  Chesterfield. 

History  of  Mathematics. 

Alton  Trials. 

Comstock's  Physiology. 

Museum  of  Literature. 

Useful  Knowledge,  3  vols. 

Sublime  and  Beautiful. 

Panorama. 

Apples  of  Gold  in  Pictures  of  Silver. 

Lectures  on  Science  and  Art. 

Library  of  Natural  History. 

Tupper's  Prose  Works. 

Hints  &  Helps  to  Health  &  Happiness. 

Mental  Illumination. 

Western  Sketch  Book. 

Commerce  and  Navigatoin. 

Gilfillan's  Literary  Portraits. 

Prose  Writers  of  America. 

The  Week. 

Comstock's  Chemistry. 

Pictorial  Narratives. 

Robinson's  Philosophy. 

Anthon's  Greek  Grammar. 

Anthon's  Greek  Reader. 

Davies'  Legendre. 

Alsop's  Algebra. 

Dombey  and  Son. 

Elements  of  Trigonometry. 

Class  Book  of  Etymology. 

Catalogues. 

Johnson  and  Walker's  Dictionary. 

Howard's  Practice  of  Medicine. 

Elliott  on  Slavery,  2  vols. 

Chitty's  Blackstone. 

Literary  Chronicle. 

Bayard  on  the  Constitution. 

Writings  of  W.  D.  Homer. 

Marshall's  Oratory. 

Stories  of  Rome. 

Webster ,s  Dictionary,  unabridged. 

The  American  Cruiser. 

Modern  Mysteries  Explained. 

Discoveries  of  the  Mississippi. 

Prescott's  Miscellanies. 

Western  Annals. 

Waverly  Anecdotes. 

Virgil  Delphini. 

Mud  Cabin. 

Caster's  Practice  of  Medicine. 

Caster's  Physiology. 

Rural  Letters,  N.  P.  Willis. 

Morning  Stars  of  the  New  World. 

Ninteenth  Century. 


CATALOUUE   OK  BOOKS  OF  THE 


Mormons  at  Home. 

Aurelian. 

Danger  in  the  Dark. 

Kame's  Elements  of  Criticism. 

Wilpley's  Compend. 

Prose  and  Poetry  of  Europe. 

Minutes  and  Almanacs. 

Ten  Years  among  the  Mail  Bags. 

Sam,  or  the  History  of  Mystery. 

Hagar,  Alice  Carey. 

Practical  Treatise  on  Business. 

Macaulay's  Miscellanies. 

Moore's  Greek  Grammar. 

Iowa  as  it  is. 

The  Damsel  of  Darien. 

Burnap's  Miscellaneous  Writings. 

Escaped  Nun. 

TRAVELS. 

Kane's  Explorations. 

Franklin  and  the  Arctic  Regions. 

A  Month  at  Constantinople. 

Sights  and  Scenes  in  Europe. 

Babylon  andNiniveh,  2  Ex.,  Layard. 

Fremont's  1st  and  2d  Expeditions. 

Incidents  of  Travel  in  "i  ucatan. 

Recollections  of  Mexio. 

Barrow's  Travels,   j 

What  I  Saw  in  Cal  fornia. 

Reynolds'  Voyage  round  the  World. 

Sights  in  the  Gold  Region. 

New  Voyage  to  Italy. 

Sights  in  the  Gold  Region  and  Scenes 

by  the  Way. 
Americans  in  Japan. 
Elite's  Vovage. 
Peek's  Guide  to  Emigrants. 
Parker  Exploring  Tour. 
Mission's  \  oyage. 
Road  Book  to  Italy. 
Adventures  of  Hendrix. 
Wanderings  of  Pilgrims. 
African  Researches. 
Travels  of  an  Irishman. 
U.  S.  Japan  Expedition,  2  vols. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Laws  of  Illinois,  18  vols. 
Reports  of  Session,  1838—9. 
Justice  of  the  Peace. 
Conductor  Generalis. 
Journal  of  the  Senate,  1833. 
Military  Reconnoissance. 
Report 'of  University  of  New  York. 
Clark  on  the  Mulberry  Tree. 
Message  and  Documents,  1849 — 50. 
Journal  of  G.  D.  S.  of  T.,  4  vols. 
O'Neal's  Geography. 


German  Books,  12  vols. 
Mechanical  Pat.  O.  Reports,  22  vols. 
Butler's  Geographer. 
Pinnock's  Geography. 
Brewster's  Optics. 
Gold's  Water  Cure. 
Camp  Fires  of  the  Revolutions. 
Kirkham's  Grammar. 
Sacred  Harmony. 
Ricuil  Dramatique. 
Carolina  Sacra. 
Harmonist. 
111.  Form  Book. 
The  Cultivator. 
Man's  Worst  Judge. 
Sketches  of  Coast  Survey,  4  vols. 
Illinois  Reports. 
Penser's  Census,  2  vols. 
House  Journal. 
Senate  Journals. 
Pink  Tippet. 

Railroad  Explorations,  5  vols. 
U.  S.  Census,  1850. 
Victim  of  Chancery. 
Message  and  Documents,  1856 — 7. , 
1857—8. 

Catalogue  of  Congress  Library. 
Commerce  and  Navigation,  1857. 
Expos,  of  Augsburg  Confession,  2  v. 
Camels  for  Military  Purposes. 
Augsburg  Confession,  Reinbeck. 
M '-sage  and  Documents,  '56-7,  part  3. 
Report  on  Finances,  1856 — 7. 
American  Bible  Society  Reports. 
U.  S.  and  Mexican  Boundary  Survey. 
Proceedings  Congress. 
Commercial  Relations. 
Federal  Calculator. 
Jackson's  Remains. 
Commerce  of  the  Prairies. 
Morai  Libra. 
Course  of  Reading. 
Index  Exparcatorus  Vaticanus. 
Pat.  Office  Rep.,  Agriculture,  1857. 
Treatise  on  Cattle. 
Student's  Manual. 
Hall's  Distiller. 
Wonderful  Characters. 
Dr.  Combe  on  Health. 
Executive  Documents,  2  vols. 
Message  and  Documents,  1849 — 50. 
Illinois  Convention  Journal. 
Temperance  Manual. 
American  State  Papers,  20  vols. 
Constitution  of  U.  States. 
Farmer's  Manual. 
Milton  Debate. 
Hancock  on  Peace. 


PLATONIAN   MTERAKY  SOCIETY.  35 


Allemine  Alarm.  :  Commerce  and  Navigation,  8  vols. 

Memoir  Carva--o.  Message  &  Documents,  1853 — 54,  2  v. 

Commercial  Dictionary.  '  Transactions  of  111.  State  Ag.  Society. 

Report  of  Finances,  1848—49,  2  vols.  [  Wager  of  Battle. 

Revised  Laws  of  Indiana.  Reynolds'  Illinois. 

Documents,  1849—50.  MI>.-:I^C  and  Documents,  1850 — 51. 
1850—51. 

Notk. — The  foregoing  Catalogue  of  the  Society  Library  is  by  no  means  complete, 
owing  to  the  negligence  of  some  of  the  Librarians  in  keeping  a  record  of  the  books  as 
they  were  received  ;  and  for  the  faulty  arrangement  and  other  inaccuracies  in  the  list, 
the  Committee  can  offer  no  other  apology  lhan  want  of  tfme.  The  Library  was  chiefly 
built  up  by  the  liberality  of  the  numerous  friends  of  the  Society,  and  we  would  here,  in 
its  behalf,  take  occasion  to  respectfully  solicit  further  donations  from  any  and  all  who 
may  feel  disposed  to  contribute  to  the  advancement  of  a  high  and  true  education. 

COM. 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH. 

The  Platonian  Literary  Society  of  McKendree  College  owes  its  origin  to 
the  enterprise  of  sixteen  students  of  the  Institution,  who  felt  the  need  of 
such  an  association  to  qualify  themselves  for  the  duties  of  active  life.  They 
accordingly  assembled,  and  resolved  to  form  themselves  into  "An  Associ- 
ation for  mutual  improvement  in  Science  and  Literature,"  appointed  a 
committee,  consisting  of  three,  to  prepare  a  constitution  and  code  of  laws. 
At  a  subsequent  meeting  the  report  of  the  committee  was  presented  and 
adopted,  and  the  organization  was  fully  completed  on  the  21st  April,  1849, 
by  the  election  of  the  proper  officers.  After  these  preliminary  proceed- 
ings, the  exercises  were  commenced  and  conducted  with  great  spirit  and 
zeal ;  and  the  records  of  the  Society  show  that  a  desire  for  improvement 
was  the  motive  which  prompted  its  founders.  From  that  period  the 
Society  has  gradually  increased  in  interest  and  reputation,  and  at  the 
present  time,  the  committee  arc  proud  to  say,  it  has  a  firm  foundation,  and 
a  character  worthy  of  such  a  noble  enterprise. 

OBJECT. 

The  object  of  the  Society  is  "the  mutual  improvement  of  its  members  in 
discussion,  oratory,  and  literature."  The  general  advancement  in  knowl- 
edge, and  proper  qualification  for  future  usefulness,  are  the  incentives  that 
actuate  its  members.  This  they  expect  to  attain  by  rigid  discipline,  united 
effort  and  untiring  industry  ;  and  truly  hope  that  they  may  not  only  oc- 
cupy a  high  and  honorable  position  in  life,  but  may  ever  continue  to  pur- 
sue, with  a  laudable  ambition,  the  true  via  sapientiae. 

CALENDAR. 

The  meetings  of  the  Society  are  held  on  every  Friday  evening  of  the 
Collegiate  year.  The  quarterly  exhibition  of  the  Society  takes  place  on 
the  week  preceding  examination.  The  anniversary  address  is  delivered 
before  the  Society  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  April ;  and  the  annual  ad- 
dress on  Commencement  dav. 


36  CATALOGUE   OF  THE 


THE  HALL 

Of  the  Society  is  in  the  third  story  of  the  College  edifice,  and  is  large, 
commodious  and  elegantly  furnished.  Since  the  publication  of  the  last 
Catalogue  the  Hall  has  hcen  greatly  improved.  It  is  beautifully  carpeted, 
and  well  seated  with  settees.  The  walls  and  ceiling  are  elegantly  painted, 
and  richly  decorated  with  tasteful  and  appropriate  imagery.  At  the  south 
end  of  the  Hall  is  a  well  executed,  life-size  portrait  of  Washington,  at  the 
north  end  a  splendid  oil-painting  of  S.  A.  Douglas,  also  the  busts  of 
Homer  and  Virgil,  handsomely  mounted  on  pedestals,  one  on  either  side  of 
the  stage.  The  ceiling  is  elaborately  adorned  with  various  ornamental 
paintings,  amoung  which  are  four  medallions  representing  Shakspeare, 
Byron,  Cicero  and  Clay.  The  Hall  is  well  lighted  by  a  large  and  hand- 
some six-globe  chandelier. 

The  library,  already  extensive  and  beautiful  is  rapidly  increasing  and 
bids  fair  to  become  all  that  could  be  desired.  In  fact  no  pains  or  expense 
has  been  spared  on  the  part  of  the  members  of  the  Society  to  make  the 
Hall  at  once  attractive  and  convenient,  and  it  now  compares  favorably 
with  that  of  any  literary  Society  in  the  west. 

"THE  PLATO  GEM." 

This  is  the  title  of  a  manuscript  paper,  published  by  the  Society.  The 
"GKM"  is  devoted  to  the  improvement  of  the  members  in  original  compos- 
ition, and  is  read  quarterly  before  large  and  popular  audience. 


1'LATONIAM  LITERARY  SOCIETY.  3T 


ARTICLES  OF  COMPACT 


BETWEEN    THK 


PHILOSOPHIAN  AND   PLATONIAN   SOCIETIES. 


PREAMBLE. 

We,  the  Philosophian  and  Platonian  Societies,  in  order  to  secure  more 
perfect  unity  and  harmony;  to  estahlish  mutual  respect,  and  provide 
against  its  violation  :  do  establish  these  articles  of  compact : 

ARTICLE  I. 

SEC.  1.  All  correspondence  shall  be  conducted  by  the  Secretaries  of 
their  respective  Societies. 

SEC.  2.  No  communication  by  either  Society,  unless  it  be  written  out 
with  ink,  and  signed  by  the  Corresponding  Secretary. 

SEC.  3.  All  communications  shall  be  answered  within  one  week  from 
the  time  of  their  reception. 

SEC.  4.  Either  Society  shall  have  the  privilege  of  sending  to  the  other 
any  inquiry  or  instruction  on  business  which  demands  the  concurrence  of 
both  bodies. 

ARTICLE  II. 

SEC.  1.  The  members  of  neither  Society  shall  be  received  by  the  other 
as  visitors,  unless  by  the  special  request  of  one  of  its  members. 

SEC.  2.  But  the  privilege  of  attending  by  invitation  shall  be  granted  to 
the  members  of  each  Society. 

SEC.  3.  The  members  of  both  Societies  may,  on  all  public  occasions,  if 
requested,  join  in  forming  processions,  and  in  the  occupation  of  seats  in  the 
audience,  after  a  vote  of  concurrence  may  have  been  passed  by  the  Society 
to  which  such  request  may  have  been  sent. 


38  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  PLATONIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY. 


SEC.  4.     On  public  occasions,  for  celebration  or  addresses,  where  there 
may  be  preference  in  hours,  the  Societies  shall  have  privilege  to  select 
alternately,  at  each  annual  Commencement,  allowing  the  Philosophian 
Society  to  make  the  selection  for  the  ensuing  celebration  in  July,  1849. 
ARTICLE  III. 

SEC.  1.  Any  offence  committed  by  the  members  of  one  Society  against 
the  other,  or  its  members,  shall  be  esteemed  equally  offensive  to  both. 

SEC.  2.  And  shall  be  tried  before  a  committee  of  seven,  selected  from 
both  Societies  ;  four  from  the  Society  to  which  such  an  offending  member 
shall  belong,  and  three  from  the  other. 

SEC.  3.  No  individual  having  been  a  member  of  one  Society,  shall  be 
admitted  into  the  other,  unless  he  bring  with  him,  from  said  Society,  a 
certificate  of  honorable  dismission. 

Signed, 

f  ROBERT  DOLLAHAN, 
Philosophian  Com.  \  W.  C.  JONES. 

[THOS.  C.  WEEDEN. 

'THOS.  S.  CASEY, 


.  McKENDREK. 

JJtatoman  Com.  -J  _    „ 

T.  SPRINGER. 

WM.  SCHWARTZ. 


